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By Jason Mastrodonato, Globe Correspondent

There arent many familiar faces on St. Johns Prep's lacrosse team after advancing to the Division 1 Eastern Massachusetts finals for the third straight season last year, but the Eagles survived a big early season test on Thursday night, beating BC High, 9-7.

Without All-American Jimmy OConnell (playing at Trinity College) and the speedy Colin Blackwell (playing hockey at Harvard), among others, the Prep used three goals from sophomore midfielder Drew OConnell and two from junior attack Dan Mini to improve to 2-0.

Confidence is a big part of this game, and getting confidence early in the season is huge, said coach John Roy.

St. Johns Prep took a 5-4 lead into halftime before scoring the first two goals in the second half. BC High eventually narrowed the lead to one, but couldnt finish the comeback.

BC High won both regular season matchups between the two teams last year.

It was a tough, physical game, Roy said. Its not what we want to do, but if its called for, we can play like that.

Though young, the Prep is considered one of the few area teams capable of stopping Duxbury  who has 12 Division 1 college bound players on its roster  in the state tournament this season. The Dragons have won eight of the last 10 state titles.